Analyze Supply Demand

This activity allows you to do view the receipts and issue details at the plant and warehouse level. Tell me more

Select the “Analyze Supply Demand” link under the “Supply Chain Planning“ business component.

The “Analyze Supply Demand” page appears.

Enter the following:

Item Code	The code identifying the item. If the item is specified, then it should be valid in the item master for the Organization Unit and should be in “Active” status from “Item Administration” business component. The system also checks that the item is a non-stockable item or not.
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	The item code cannot be left blank. If it is left blank then the system displays an error message. The system checks whether the item and variant is specified, if specified it should exists in the item master for the Organization Unit from “Item Administration” business component. If the item is specified, then the system retrieves the planning level, stock UOM and item and variant description from “Item Administration” business component.
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Variant Code	The code or number identifying the variant of the item. If the variant is specified, then it should be valid in the item master for the Organization Unit from “Item Administration” business component.
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	The Variant code cannot be left blank. If it is left blank then the system displays an error message. The system checks whether the item and variant is specified, if specified it should exists in the item master for the Organization Unit from “Item Administration” business component. If the item is specified, then the system retrieves the planning level, stock UOM and item and variant description from “Item Administration” business component.

The system displays the following:

Desc.	The description in the combination of item/item variant. If item/variant is specified, then the system retrieves the description from “Item Administration” business component.
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Enter the following:

Plg. Group	The code identifying the planning group. If the items and planning groups are specified, then the system displays an error message. If the items and planning groups are not specified, then the system displays an error message. Either one of then can be specified. If the planning group is specified, then it should be valid in the planning group master for the login Business Unit and should in “Active” status from “Item Administration” business component.
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	The planning group cannot be left blank if the item code is left blank. If the planning group is left blank, then the system displays an error message. If the planning group is specified, then it should exist in the planning group master for the login Business Unit from “Item Administration” business component. The system retrieves the planning level, production UOM and short description of the planning group from “Item Administration” business component.
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The system displays the following:

Desc.	The description of the planning group.
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Enter the following:

Status	Use the drop-down list box to select the status of the work order. The combo is loaded with values “All”, “Firmed”, “Released”,” Requested” and “Firmed and Released”. The system displays “All” by default on launch of the page.
Plant	Use the drop-down list box to select the valid plants. The system retrieves the warehouse Organization Unit along with a blank value. If the component is talking to only one item Organization Unit as in the “CIM Model” business component then the system automatically default this Organization Unit. If the component is talking to multiple items Organization Units, then the system default the Organization Unit that is marked as the "Default Plant" in the "Maintain Item – Manufacturing Information" page. In case of multiple items Organization Units mapped and if no plant is marked as default, then the system displays the “First Value of the Plant” by default on launch of the page. The item and variant should be defined for the selected plant.
Warehouse Code	The code identifying the warehouse where the item is identified. The system checks for the existence of the warehouse in the warehouse master from “Storage Administration” business component. If it does not exist the system displays an error message. The warehouse should be in “active” status. The system displays the “Standard Warehouse” as the default warehouse of the default plant selected. If the item/variant is planned at warehouse level then the warehouse should be mapped to the item in “Item Warehouse Planning Parameters” page from “Item Administration” business component. If it is not mapped, then the system displays an error message.
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The system displays the following:

Matl. Planner

The material planners defined in the control unit for which the login user has at least “View” access permission. The system retrieves the material planners in ascending order. The system displays “First Value of the Material Planner” by default on launch of the page. The system checks whether the material planner is left blank. If it is left blank, the system displays an error message. If the planning group/item/variant or plant or warehouse is specified then the system retrieves the corresponding material planner.

Planning Level

The level of planning either at Business Unit, Organization Unit or warehouse level. If item is specified and the planning level is other than warehouse, the item is non-stockable then the warehouse is not mandatory. Otherwise, warehouse should have been entered. If the planning level is other than warehouse and the planning group is specified then the warehouse is not mandatory. Otherwise, warehouse should have been entered.

Enter the following:

From Date	The date from which the demands and receipts are to be viewed for the selected item.
To Date	The date till which the demands and receipts are to be viewed for the selected item The system default the sum of current date and the MRP planning horizon as set in the “Component Parameter” page. The date should not be left blank. If it is left blank then the system displays the current date as the default date. The date should be in system date format.

The system displays the following:

On Hand	The quantity on hand of the item. The on hand is represented as the quantity on the physical stock record for the planning group/item/variant or plant or warehouse combination.
Total WIP	The total work in progress for the specified item. The total work in progress represents the sum of pending quantity on all the work orders for this item, which fall between base date and to date and which are released, started or completed but inventory booking is pending for the output item. The system also adds the pending quantity i.e. balance quantity to be received on authorized purchase orders/sub-contract orders for this item code.
Safety Stock	The quantity of the item in safety stock.
Stock UOM	The stock unit of measure of the item. If the item/variant is specified, then the system retrieves the stock UOM from “Item Administration” business component.

Enter the following:

Save Template

Select the check box to save the values with the values specified in the current transaction to be displayed when the user revisits the screen. The system leaves the box “Unchecked” by default on launch of the page.

Click the “Get Details” pushbutton to retrieve the supply demand details.

The system does the following for each of the selected orders. If it is the first selected order then the system retrieves the stock opening as the on hand quantity. Otherwise, sets stock opening as the previous records stock closing. If the order is a demand (issue):

The system calculates the planned issue quantity as the order quantity

The system computes the stock closing as the difference between the stock opening and order quantity (planned issue).

If the demand order (issue) has been reserved to exactly one supply then the system retrieves the corresponding reserved order number (supply) along with the parent item code/planning group.
If the demand order (issue) has not been pegged to any receipt then the system displays the order quantity as problem quantity. The system also retrieves the cumulative problem quantity as the sum of problem qty of earlier demands until this demand time.

If the order is a supply (receipt):

The system calculates the planned receipt quantity as the order quantity.
The system computes stock closing as the sum of the stock opening and order quantity (planned receipt).
The system retrieves the free stock for this receipt.
If the order is a sale order with the order category as “Sale Order” or “abnormal Sale Order” then the system retrieves the promised date as the promised date for the sale order line item.

The system displays the following in the “Supply Demand Details” multiline:

Date	The due date and time of a demand or the work order that is displayed in the row.
Planned Receipt	The quantity of the item expected to be produced by the order. This is the useful output that is expected from the order.
Planned Issue	The order quantity of a demand that has come for the item.
Stock Closing	The available stock of the planning group/item/variant that is carried into a period from its previous period.
Plant	The code identifying the plant of the item.
Warehouse Code	The code identifying the warehouse where the item is in store.
Order No.	The number identifying the work order that has been raised, or the demand that has arrived for the selected item.
Free Stock	The stock not reserved for any demands as on the current date. It can be used to reserve new demands that might come for the selected item.
Status	The status of a work order raised for the item selected.
Reserved Order No.	The number identifying the work order that has been reserved to satisfy the order demand displayed in the multiline.
Problem	Indicates whether the demand requirement can be met or not.
Problem Qty.	The unfulfilled quantity of the specific order.
Cum. Problem Qty.	The unfulfilled quantity for the item considering all demands.
Promised Date	The due date promised for the receipt.
Parent Item Code	The code identifying the item code of the parent item.
Parent Plg. Group	The code identifying the planning group of the parent-planning group.
Parent Desc.	The description of the parent item/planning group.
Line No.	The line number identifying the item.
Sub Line No.	The sub line number identifying the item.
Schedule No.	The schedule number identifying the item.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “Edit Work Order” link at the bottom of the page to modify the work order details.

Select the “View Order Pegging” link at the bottom of the page to view the order pegging details.

Select the “Analyze Item Plan” link at the bottom of the page to view item plan details.

Select the “View Stock Status Review” link at the bottom of the page to view the stock status review details.

Select the “View Item – Manufacturing Information” link at the bottom of the page to view the manufacturing information of the item.